Minerals for technologies like wind turbines, solar panels, and electric batteries will be essential to achieve the net-zero green transition. However, global efforts towards increasing the supply of these transition minerals to meet expected demand face a myriad of challenges. Fragmented Multilateral Approaches A large range of institutions are actively engaged in addressing the … Continued
While researchers and agencies from low- and middle-income countries often contribute significantly to public health surveillance data, which is crucial for effective pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response activities, they often do not receive adequate compensation for their contributions. Incentivizing data sharing is important for informing public health responses to pathogens with pandemic potential. However, existing … Continued
The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit is a pivotal global event dedicated to addressing the urgent issue of malnutrition. The next edition will be held on Paris on March 27 and 28 2025. This summit will convene world leaders, policymakers, private sector representatives, and civil society organizations to generate commitments and mobilize international support for … Continued
Transforming African agri-food systems is crucial to address many challenges linked to food security, climate change adaptability, economic growth, and growing demographics. The Agricultural Transitions Lab for African Solutions (ATLAS) is a permanent platform for policy dialogue and collaboration between the Global North and South. ATLAS seeks to align global priorities and increase investments … Continued
Project Presentation SUSN is an AI-enabled, space-derived innovative technology initiative addressing urban challenges in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) capital of Nepal. KMC is home to 1.6 million people and faces chronic traffic congestion every day. Lack of planning, digital information on land use, house information and road mapping has led to unplanned, dense urbanization and … Continued
With the acceleration of the green transition towards net-zero, demand for minerals essential to the manufacturing of technologies such as wind mills, solar panels and electric batteries is projected to steeply increase. Geopolitical tensions and lack of international coordination are preventing us from addressing the urgent economic, environmental and societal challenges associated with their global … Continued
Project presentation The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to many of the minerals required for the green energy transition, yet these minerals are extracted from the country instead of being leveraged to induce sustainable development in Congo. This not only disrupts the global value chain linking DRC to consuming countries, but also perpetrates … Continued
At the 5th edition of the Paris Peace Forum, actors from all over the world launched the “Acting Together for a Responsible Transition Minerals Sector” initiative. International organizations, companies and business alliances, NGOs, foundations and high-level dignitaries agreed on the need to remove obstacles to collaboration to ensure sustainable access to and use of minerals … Continued
2023-24 Scale-up project Project presentation Cheaper & globally distributed gene synthesis technology increases the risk that malicious actors could misuse this technology to create and modify biological agents. The incentives, standards, & technological approaches in place for screening orders & customers have not kept up with the pace & reach of synthesis technology. The … Continued
Project presentation Advancement in gene editing technologies such as CRISPR is fueling new scientific discoveries in cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and various gene therapies, enabling life-saving treatments and promising to revolutionize healthcare. But gene editing, like so many emerging technologies, has its ethical downsides. Broader application of gene-editing tools can lead to the risk of … Continued
